Meaning of Fractions

Comparing a part to a whole - Grades 3-5
How the fraction changes when the whole changes

http://illuminations.nctm.org/lesson.aspx?id=1287


This lesson (link) directly below also enables students to begin identifying equivalent fractions and exploring relationships between those fractions

http://illuminations.nctm.org/lesson.aspx?id=1291

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The next four links build off of the previous link from nctm's illuminations. - Grades 3-5

http://illuminations.nctm.org/lesson.aspx?id=1296

http://illuminations.nctm.org/lesson.aspx?id=1298

http://illuminations.nctm.org/lesson.aspx?id=1301

http://illuminations.nctm.org/lesson.aspx?id=1305